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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

541 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008



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FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-POWELL KY-

ESTILL KY-

541 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN ESTILL...POWELL...MENIFEE...MONTGOMERY...BATH...ROWAN AND

FLEMING COUNTIES...



AT 539 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SEVERAL LINES OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES FROM THESE 

LINES ARE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL

FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3785 8408 3793 8400 3811 8408 3832 8386

      3846 8398 3853 8365 3844 8357 3840 8341

      3821 8329 3816 8321 3803 8344 3786 8350

      3782 8357 3782 8364 3772 8371 3774 8375

      3765 8384 3765 8410

TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 180DEG 0KT 3810 8382



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